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Endangered species could be screwed by rising seas
2013-12-27 13:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Sea-level rise isn`t just bad news for coastal-dwelling humans. It`s also bad news for coastal-dwelling critters and plants, including one out of every six threatened and endangered species in the U.S. That`s according to a Center for Biological Diversity analysis of federal data. From the new report: Left unchecked, rising seas driven by climate change threaten 233 federally protected species in 23 coastal states. ... The most vulnerable groups are flowering plants, which represent a third...
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Rising interest rates may boost real estate market
2013-12-25 11:39:46| Real Estate - Topix.net
Now that historically low mortgage interest rates are officially that -- history -- the cost of buying a house is going up.
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Experts link Agriculture to rising levels of Climate Change impacts
2013-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Africa Science News: Climate change experts have directly linked agricultural sector to the global warming, causing the devastating effects of climate change to both flora and Fauna. The experts under the auspice of adaptation to climate change and Insurance (ACCI) say that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is ever increasing due to cutting down of trees and burning of fossil fuel to facilitate farming activities. Speaking to Africa Science News in Busia County during a climate change adaptation...
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VIDEO: Rising chocolate sales push up prices
2013-12-20 11:47:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Sales of chocolate are predicted to jump to a record $117bn next year, pushing up prices.
Rising sea levels torment coastal US
2013-12-18 14:38:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: One block from the beach on the narrow Willoughby Spit, Bob Parsons was watching the weather news on TV in November 2009 when brackish water suddenly oozed up through the floors of his home and poured in from the front and back doors. He and his wife, Carole, lugged filing cabinets and a restored wingback chair upstairs but didn't have time to move the car, parked on the street-turned-waterway, The car was totaled, and the house needed thousands of dollars' worth of repairs. Since that storm,...
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